Fontlab

[thelazelife]

Does anyone else use Fontlab for scoreable text? I’ve used this for 3 years and all the sudden I can’t save anymore. Is there another free/cheap software that everyone uses?

[geek2nurse]

I’m going to move this out of Problems and Support, since it isn’t an issue that requires a support ticket.

[hansepe]

One of these should make you happy

Text2Vector (Free Vector Text Generator)

That looks cool, but this free tool will not do that. You will have to do that in an image editor.

CNC Text Tool

[thelazelife]

Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.

[bill.m.davis]

Here is the original thread:

Text2Vector (Free Vector Text Generator)

Here is a simple tool (well it started out simple) that I use to generate Vector Text for Scoring on the Glowforge. text2vector_1.1.3.zip (13.9 KB) Edit: This has been hosted at GitHub if you want to use it with the default Kerning Table. https://wmd-glowforge.github.io/text2vector/ Edit: This source has been uploaded to GitHub for anyone to fork or modify if they want to contribute to the tool. It is simply an HTML file that uses JavaScript to generate an SVG of the text you type into t…

And link to the actual tool to make the vector fonts:
https://wmd-glowforge.github.io/text2vector/